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-KNOTS, HITCHES, LASHINGS 281ror towing slimy and slippery logs the samemethod is used, except that the half hitch is made ucouple of feet in front of the other instead of alongside.Ring Hitch (Fig. 125).—^When tying a limor gut to a swivel ring, and for various other purposes,we want to secure attachment that is notclumsy and will not part at the knot. In the ringhitch the end fastening has no tendency to cut theline, and the draught is direct. If used in tyinggut to a swivel, pass ittwice around the swivel ringas shown in "first move" ;pass the end over to thefar side, and bring it through the double loop towardyou at a; pass it over again and bring itthrough as before, but toward the swivel. See thatthese two turns are not too loose, and pull tight onthe standing part first w^hile still keeping a goodstrain on the standing part. With tweezers tightenthe short end, then snip it off close. Cover the knotwith a good blob of celluloid varnish (old photo filmssoaked in hot water, scrubbed with a stifif nail brushon exposed side, cut in pieces, and dissolved inacetone).Lark^s Head (Fig. 126).—A bight of the rope ispassed through the ring, and the ends are thendrawn through the bight. To make this tie mor^secure a half hitch (a) may be added.Catspaw (Fig. 127).—This is for hitching arope on to the hook of a block for hoisting. Thesimplest form is here shown. First you make twobights in a rope, then, with a bight in each hand,take two or three twists from you; bring the twobights side by side, and throw their loops{a, b) oveithe hook (c).Latigo Lash (Fig. 128).—Used in cinching asaddle, the latigo being the strap by which the girthis lashed to a ring at the other end of the girth.Pass the latigo through the ring from outside toinside; down to ring that hold? latigo itself, andthrough that from inside to outside, and up ; through